To:V. A. SMOLYANINOV

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May 13, 1922

ComradeSmolyaninov:

Pleasecheck up whether I am being correctly informed
in private that Academician Lazarev, who has long been
working on the Kursk Anomaly, is discouraged by the
reported refusal of any financial support.

Findout the amount he expected to receive and what he
has been
given.[1]

[1]Thefunds required for the purchase of equipment abroad to
explore the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly were assigned. Academician
P. P. Lazarev later reported that the financial side of the
undertaking was in order.

Onthe KMA see also this volume, Document 691, present
edition, Vol. 35, Document 316, andCollected Works, Fifth
(Russian) Edition, Vol. 54, Document 365.